Eco-Conservatism
Branch that unites conservatism and environmental protection, defending the preservation of nature as part of the tradition and heritage to be passed on to future generations, with prudence toward change.
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In one sentence
I want to preserve nature as part of the tradition and heritage passed down to us, with prudence toward change and a mixed, balanced economy.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Leaning · Federal
Structure
- Leaning · Democracy
Representation
- Balanced
Power
- Balanced
Immigration
- Leaning · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Balanced
Economy
- Balanced
Free market
- Leaning · Religious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Strong · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Technology
Leans further toward biology than 92% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 58This ideology 21
Of all the topics, Technology is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Power
On Power, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 55This ideology 55
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Roger Scruton
A British philosopher, Scruton was one of the great contemporary conservative thinkers, defending tradition, beauty, nation, and institutions as sources of meaning and order against relativism and progressivism.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyRussell KirkPolitical philosopher and historian94%
SociallyLeon KassBioethicist95%
EconomicallyAgostinho de HiponaTheologian and bishop100%
Other compatible profiles
ReligionPope Leo XIVReligious leader94%
PhilosophyJacques MaritainPhilosopher93%
PoliticsJimmy CarterPresident of the United States92%
PhilosophyPythagorasPhilosopher and founder of the Pythagorean community92%
PoliticsCharles IIIKing of the United Kingdom92%
ReligionPope FrancisReligious leader92%
PhilosophyGuilherme FreirePhilosophy Professor and Educator91%
PoliticsLudwig II of BavariaKing of Bavaria91%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
United Kingdom
Liberal-financial monarchyA parliamentary monarchy, the United Kingdom has a long liberal and democratic tradition, a market economy, and a strong financial sector, maintaining global influence after leaving the European Union in the process known as Brexit.
Other close countries
Bali (Indonesia)
Hindu-majority island provinceAn island province of Indonesia, Bali is the only Hindu-majority one in a Muslim-majority country, with a religious culture that organizes life, temples and the calendar, a tourism economy and tension between tradition, migration and overdevelopment.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyBosnia and HerzegovinaSupervised ethnoconfessional federation94%
SociallyCroatiaCatholic-touristic parliamentary republic96%
EconomicallySouth AfricaIndustrial-unequal republic100%
The most distant
Old Swiss Confederacy
1291–1798Medieval alliance of autonomous cantons formed from the 1291 Pact, the Old Swiss Confederacy operated without a strong central power, combining direct democracy in local assemblies (Landsgemeinde), independent peasant militias, and weak joint military/diplomatic coordination among the cantons.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyKingdom of Bavaria1805–191886%
SociallyRepublican Rome509–27 BCE88%
EconomicallyWeimar Republic1919–193397%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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Closest within Center
- Center
Christian Democracy
Centrist current that applies Christian values to democratic politics, defending the social market economy, family, solidarity, and the common good as the foundation of free and pluralist institutions.
- Center
Bioconservatism
Position that opposes genetic manipulation and the technological enhancement of the human body, defending ethical limits on science in the name of dignity, human nature, and prudence toward the future.
- Center
Distributism
Doctrine of Christian inspiration that advocates the wide distribution of property and small-scale production, opposing both monopoly capitalism and state socialism in favor of autonomous communities.
Closest in other spectrums
- Right
Neo-Thomism
Revival of Thomas Aquinas's thought from 1879 (Leo XIII), with Maritain and Gilson. It grounds politics in natural law, the common good and subsidiarity, favoring mixed government, property with a social function and just war, under Catholic faith.
- Right
Aristotelianism
Aristotle's political philosophy, defending a mixed constitution of monarchical, aristocratic and popular elements to avoid both tyranny and radical democracy, reserving full citizenship for those with virtue, property and the education to deliberate.
- Right
Paternalistic Conservatism
Conservative tradition that accepts social reforms and protection for the poorest to preserve national cohesion, seeing elites as responsible for the people's welfare and for harmony between classes.
The most distant ideology
Techno-SocialismRadical Left33%